Helping Somebody Beat Her Fear

The next day Sweetie Belle went to school while Rarity and Twilight held a little meeting in the kitchen. They were at a critical point in Sweetie Belle's therapy. They had to continue the momentum. They couldn't stop no matter what. Rarity worked to fill out orders for her customers while Twilight fan her library.

Soon Sweetie Belle came home and hung out for a while and then Twilight came over. She knew that Sweetie Belle was going to bare her feet eventually but she didn't know when that would be. She was going to hold another critical session of exposure therapy. She also had something else in mind but she didn't bring it up until Sweetie Belle would come home.

Soon when Sweetie Belle came home Twilight decided to start the session immediately. She was going to make Sweetie Belle face her fear yet again but this time she was going to try something a bit different. She was making progress as Sweetie Belle was thinking about what Twilight and Rarity have been saying to her about her fear.

Twilight and Rarity sat in the living room and when Sweetie Belle came home she was shocked to see that they were going to try again earlier than the other times they have been doing it. Sweetie Belle was already tired from work but now she knew she was going to be further tired from the therapy session.

"No please don't do this." Sweetie Belle begged. Twilight shook her head. Twilight took a chair and put it in the middle of the living room. She had Sweetie Belle sit in it with a gentle expression. Sweetie Belle was nervous but sat in it anyway. Rarity and stayed quiet but let Twilight do the talking.

"Sweetie Belle have you been thinking about what I have been saying?" Twilight asked her. Sweetie Belle nodded silently as she wasn't sure what Twilight was going with this. She tried to keep calm.

"Answer my question that I had asked you Sweetie Belle. Have you been thinking about what i have said to you all this time that I have been helping you?" Twilight said.

"Yes Twilight." Sweetie Belle answered. Rarity watched the moment from the side as she wasn't sure how Sweetie Belle was going to take this. Twilight continued with the treatment.

"I have been thinking about this and I have decided that you need to be exposed to what fears you the most. Your not going to like it one bit when you find out." Twilight told her. Sweetie Belle knew where she was going but tried to push the feeling away. Twilight signaled Rarity to get what she was talking about earlier. Rarity went to get it.

"What are you going to do?" Sweetie Belle asked. Twilight frowned as Rarity walked back with a pedicure tray in her hands. Sweetie Belle tried to get out of the chair but Twilight stopped her in a gentle manner. Rarity set the tray down and went over to Sweetie Belle and stood by her while Twilight sat in front of her.

"No! Don't do this!" Sweetie Belle begged. Twilight spoke to her.

"I'm sorry Sweetie Belle I don't want to do it this way but we aren't going to make any more progress with the other way that we have been doing. This might be unprofessional to get into to early but we are not going to solve your problem by talking to you everyday. From now on your getting regular pedicures to expose you to what you fear the most." Twilight said.

"No! Don't I don't want to look at them!" Sweetie Belle said. Twilight looked at her. Sweetie Belle started to breathe heavily but they tried to get Sweetie Belle to calm down. Twilight spoke to her.

"Why don't you want to look at them?" Twilight asked as she confronted her. Sweetie Belle shook her head franticly.

"Because I'm afraid! Why are you doing this to me!?" Sweetie Belle yelled franticly. Twilight shrugged and untied Sweetie Belle's shoes. Sweetie Belle wriggled around in the chair as she went wide eyed.

"You shouldn't be afraid. That's irrational to be afraid. We aren't trying to overwhelm you Sweetie Belle but we are doing this because we love you and we want to help you." Twilight told her.

"No! I don't want a pedicure! Let me go!" Sweetie Belle yelled. Twilight stopped untying Sweetie Belle's shoes and looked at Sweetie Belle. Sweetie Belle tried to calm her breathing. Twilight needed for Sweetie Belle to calm down so that she didn't overwhelm her to much.

"Your fear is irrational. There is nothing to be afraid of. I'm not going to hurt you. You shouldn't be afraid of your own feet. Nobody should be afraid of their own feet. We tried going slow but I came to the conclusion that this is how Im going to get results."

"Get me out of this chair right now! Don't you even laugh at my feet!" Sweetie Belle said. Twilight waited for her to calm down. Sweetie Belle calmed down as she knew that it didn't start yet. That was when Twilight removed her shoes. Sweetie Belle saw her socks and was getting more nervous but she knew that she had to beat her fear and that she was the one to agreed to Twilight helping her.

"Sweetie Belle please listen to us. There is nothing to fear at all. It's just a phobia that you can beat. You must listen to me. We are not going to laugh at you. That is an irrational thought to think that. Why would anybody laugh at you because of your feet? Haven't you even been barefoot at the beach?" Twilight asked. Sweetie Belle knew that Twilight had a very good point.

She couldn't respond. Twilight finally removed her socks and Sweetie Belle hyperventilated. Twilight waited for her to calm down. Sweetie Belle averted her eyes and Twilight gave her a pedicure. Sweetie Belle squirmed in the seat as she was forced to be exposed to her fear.

Twilight smiled at her. Sweetie Belle couldn't believe that she was barefoot. She felt like she was having a nightmare but even though she felt like this she also thought that the pedicure was kind of nice.

Twilight and Rarity stayed silent as they worked on giving Sweetie Belle a pedicure. Once it was done Sweetie Belle was released and put her socks back on immediately. Even if she was still afraid she liked the pedicure.

"How do you feel?" Twilight asked.

"Conflicted. I liked the pedicure even though I was afraid and I felt like it wasn't that bad to be barefoot..." Sweetie Belle said. At that moment Twilight was able to celebrate real progress with the two sisters they knew that Sweetie Belle was definitely going to beat her fear.